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Bishop John H. Ricard, the head of Catholic Relief Services and the National Black Catholic Congress, is the new bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. Ricard, 56, the urban vicar of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, was named by Pope John Paul II as the fourth bishop of the Panhandle diocese of nearly 62,000 Catholics in 16 counties. He will be installed March 13 at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. Ricard will oversee 49 parishes, 53 priests and 2,500 schoolchildren.Holocaust center slates 5-week lecture seriesThe Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Central Florida is offering a five-week lecture series on ''Christianity and the Holocaust,'' beginning Feb. 5. Ken Hanson, professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Central Florida, will speak on the subject on Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. until noon at the center, 851 North Maitland Ave., Maitland.

DISNEY SHOPPING OUTSIDE U.S. The Walt Disney Co. said on Wednesday it was casting its net outside the United States for possible acquisitions but music companies will not be on its wish list as they are still too expensive. "We're not on an acquisition spree but we do have significant ability to acquire and are looking at areas related to our expertise outside the United States," Disney Chairman Michael Eisner told investors at a presentation in London. Disney's only major acquisition in the past 15 years has been the ABC TV network.

MILTON -- Police on Tuesday dropped an investigation of whether a Roman Catholic priest sentenced to federal prison on a drug charge also embezzled $83,225 from his former church. A citizen complaint triggered the theft investigation of the Rev. Thomas Crandall, but the woman who filed it Friday withdrew it Tuesday, interim Police Chief Richard Coffey said. Crandall, 47, a native of Jersey City, N.J., has admitted dealing drugs from his rectory at St. Rose of Lima parish in this Florida Panhandle city and from his Bourbon Street condominium in New Orleans.

Connie Halscott worked for years to earn a doctorate in education. Martha Ricard holds a master's degree with a specialization in educational leadership. For the past few weeks, Halscott and Ricard, assistant principals at Cypress Creek High School in Orange County, have devoted innumerable hours to sorting papers and sharpening pencils. After countless paper cuts to her fingers, Ricard started wearing latex gloves. Halscott would like to invite Gov. Jeb Bush to her school so he can jump in and join the FCAT fun. "I would love that," Halscott said, though she accepts the mind-numbing tasks as part of her job. Everyone talks about the student stress surrounding the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.

"We're going streaking." -- Frank "The Tank" Ricard (Will Ferrell) in Old School. Wise words from a man who played a NASCAR driver in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. This week, Tony Stewart will go for his third straight Pepsi 400. David Pearson captured three Pepsi 400 (when it was the Firecracker 400) titles from 1972-1974. And it got us thinking about impressive streaks in sports. Here are a list of some of my favorite streaks: 11: Byron Nelson won 11 golf tournaments in a row in the 1945 season.

In the French Mediterranean port of Marseilles, no game of pétanque — the national sport played with small, heavy, metal balls — would be complete without a glass of Ricard, the celebrated aniseed-flavored drink known as "petit yellow. " Patrick Ricard, who transformed the little-known drink as quintessentially French as frogs' legs, garlic and snails into part of a global spirits giant, died Friday, the company announced in a statement. French media said Ricard, 67, died unexpectedly in the south of France after a "cardiac incident.

PAUL RICARD, 77, 590 Juniata St., Clermont, died Thursday. Born in Lyon, France, he was part-time resident of Clermont from Paris. He was a retired agricultural engineer. He was a Catholic. He was a French Army veteran of World War II. Survivors: wife, Jeannine; son, Jean Charles, Paris; sister, Madeline Douady, Paris. Loomis Funeral Home, Apopka.

European Union antitrust regulators today are expected to conditionally clear the $8.15 billion purchase of Seagram's worldwide spirits business by France's Pernod Ricard SA and Britain's Diageo PLC, according to The Associated Press. The European Commission will insist that the companies divide up the management of nonstrategic brands in different EU countries until those brands are sold, sources told the AP. A commission spokeswoman would not comment.Almanac